RenaissanceFrench for "rebirth." The period of music history from around 1400 to the early 1600s that coincided with a revival of interest in art, architecture, literature, and learning throughout Europe.

RestRests have the same time value as notes. When a rest is written in a piece of music, it means that the player pauses for that amount of time before playing the next note.

rhapsodyA free-form piece that takes different tunes and strings them together.

RhythmThe pattern of musical movement through time formed by a series of notes differing in duration and stress.

RomanticismRomantic music came into its own at the beginning of the 19th century. Music from this era sounds almost boundless and free from any limitations of form. Much of this music is programmaticthat is, it is meant to describe something, perhaps a scene in nature or a particular feeling.

RondoRondo is an Italian word that means round. A rondo is an instrumental form with a refrain that keeps coming back. Unlike the verses of a song, though, the music in a rondo changes between each repetition of the refrain.

RoundA round is a song with several melodies. One melody is started, and then another is started, and another. The melodies are sung over and over, and then end on the same note.

RenaissanceFrench for "rebirth." The period of music history from around 1400 to the early 1600s that coincided with a revival of interest in art, architecture, literature, and learning throughout Europe.

RestRests have the same time value as notes. When a rest is written in a piece of music, it means that the player pauses for that amount of time before playing the next note.

rhapsodyA free-form piece that takes different tunes and strings them together.

RhythmThe pattern of musical movement through time formed by a series of notes differing in duration and stress.

RomanticismRomantic music came into its own at the beginning of the 19th century. Music from this era sounds almost boundless and free from any limitations of form. Much of this music is programmaticthat is, it is meant to describe something, perhaps a scene in nature or a particular feeling.

RondoRondo is an Italian word that means round. A rondo is an instrumental form with a refrain that keeps coming back. Unlike the verses of a song, though, the music in a rondo changes between each repetition of the refrain.

RoundA round is a song with several melodies. One melody is started, and then another is started, and another. The melodies are sung over and over, and then end on the same note.